Choosing my outcome...

Waking up this morning I usually turn on the news and drink coffee to start my day.

This morning I am choosing how to see the world today...I think the news automatically lets us know how we should see it by the good,bad and ugly that is going on. By not tuning in I get to see it the way I want.

Some may say that is denial but that is alright if denial about the world makes my day brighter so be it!

My husband always says he likes to know whats going on in the world and I am sure many of you would agree with that but as for me I have been in the world for a while now 47 years to be exact and I can pretty much guess what is going on.

 

Weird..........New Normal

Seems funny now to watch TV (we are able to on weekends)

almost like we have lost our taste for it.

Life seems easier somehow...My daughters are drawing and 

working on new projects, we even spent three hours outside building a snow fort.

I think my husband is frustrated only because I had him get rid of HD and the Comcast box in our bedroom. Hopefully the money we save will outweigh the frustration.

As with everything change is hard until it becomes the norm and hopefully this will become just that.

Everyone is being a pretty good sport.

This will be our first week on our new TV plan so we will see what the week brings.

Stay tuned.

Returning the hardware!

This afternoon my husband took back some of our equipment to Comcast. We are not only doing this for our mental health but also our financial budget. We got rid of our much loved DVR and our HD which I think means the picture looks better??? I guess that is true and I suppose next week there will be a HDDD2 and that will make the picture even better then the picture was better before??? You get the point, no wonder America is more obese and watches TV so frequently with life like screens and pictures that suck you in to a world of fantasy.

So now we are not only a weekend only TV family we are down to a 1 TV family!! Which we have not been for a very long time.

We ended up going to the Library today and got so many books about cooking,places to see and books on how to better yourselves financially. With this new plan I will actually have a lot more reading time.

We are all finding fun things to do like my youngest and oldest daughter are acting out the entire Sound of Music movie with barbies. Life continues.....................

Day 2

The rules today change a little since it is the weekend. 

The TV is allowed to be used but only On-Demand shows and Disney channel (kid friendly options only) also movies that are on.

We decided my husband can watch the news downstairs in the mornings on weekdays (he gets up at 3:30 for work) and up in our room on weekends.

My oldest daughter Abi and I are excited about this new adventure and we really believe it will improve our quality of life.

The background to this is two of my youngest daughters have extreme anxiety and currently therapy and medications are not completely doing the trick. As a mom I have to know at the end of the day that I have done everything I can to help them get through this.

TV has become a window into a world that I don't even know anymore.

The constant mention of sex and the violence has gotten more then even a mute button can hide.

If the show we are all gathered around to watch is family friendly then the commercials are sure to delight you with some type of inappropriate view into the dark side.

I remember growing up TV was a way to get us all into the same room at the end of the day so we could laugh eat popcorn and just enjoy each others company. Sadly times have changed so that is why for my family we need to make a change!

Day 1

Last night was our first night of our new TV turn off journey.

I must say the mood around here was very nice and there was truly no complaints heard from anyone.

We decided to have a Family meeting so everyone was on the same page. We spent most the day organizing and cleaning the living room since everything seemed to be centered around TV watching.

I must say I love the living room like this it is very open and gives everyone more space to do whatever.

We spent the first night playing a game my middle daughter invented and then a good old game of Yahtzee.

We ended up the night by watching Aladdin on a VCR player our neighbor gave us.

Basically the night was very low in anxiety and we truly came together as a family and just enjoyed each others company. This might just work!